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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1966.104
People
Sebastian Vrancx, Flemish (1573 - 1647)
Title
The Penates Appearing to Aeneas in His Dream
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
16th century
Culture
Flemish
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/296475

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Brown ink, brown wash and white opaque watercolor over graphite on cream antique laid account book paper with vertical ruled lines hand-drawn in pink wash on recto and verso, framing line in brown ink and graphite
Dimensions
19 x 16.4 cm (7 1/2 x 6 7/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower right, brown ink: HG [in ligature]
  • inscription: lower center, brown ink: [extensive inscription]
  • inscription: verso, lower left, graphite: 40 [encircled] } IV [in a square] 55.
  • inscription: verso, lower center, graphite: Hendrick Goltzius / 1558-1617 / Haarlem
  • inscription: verso, lower right, graphite: de M
  • watermark: former mount, now removed and in conservation file: prancing unicorn

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Walter Schatzki, New York], sold; to Fogg Art Museum, 1966.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Marian H. Phinney Fund
Accession Year
1966
Object Number
1966.104
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Vassar College Art Gallery, Dutch Mannerism: Apogee and Epilogue, exh. cat., Vassar College Art Gallery (Poughkeepsie, NY, 1970), cat. no. 55a, pp. 45-46, repr. pl. 16, fig. 55a (as Hendrick Goltzius)

Subjects and Contexts

  • Dutch, Flemish, & Netherlandish Drawings

Verification Level

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